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Death and Dying, Life and Living Links and Biblio:  Prisoner's Families

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See also Complicated Grief; Death Penalty; Ethics; Grief; JusticeSudden Death; Violence

Arditti, Joyce.  “Locked Doors and Glass Walls:  Family Visiting at a Local Jail."  Journal of Loss & Trauma.  8:2 (Apr. 2003): 115-139.

Bakker, Laura J. L.  “Hidden Victims of Crime”  Social Work
.  23:2 (Mar. 1978): 143-9.

Beatty, Cynthia and Cynthia B. Seymour.  Parents in Prison: Children in Crisis, an Issue Brief
(Series of CWLA Issue Briefs). 1997.

Boswell, Gwyneth.  Imprisoned Fathers and Their Children
. 2001.

Braman, Donald.  Doing Time on the Outside: Incarceration and Family Life in Urban America
. 2004.

Browning, Sandra Lee, Robin R. Miller and Lisa M. Spruance.  “Criminal Incarceration Dividing the Ties that Bind: Black Men and their Families.”  Journal of African American Men; 6:1 (Summer 2001): 87-103.

Cain, Sandra.  Dad's in Prison
. 1999.

Canfield, Jack, Mark Victor Hansen and Tom Lagana.  Chicken Soup for the Prisoner's Soul: 101 Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit of Hope, Healing and Forgiveness. 
2002

Edenfield, Ann.  Family Arrested: How to Survive the Incarceration of a Loved One. 2002

Dicks, Shirley.  Death Row: Interviews with Inmates, Their Families and Opponents of Capital Punishment
.  2001.

Dicks, Shirley. Victims of Crime and Punishment: Interviews with Victims, Convicts, Their Families, and Support Groups
. 2000.

Enos, Sandra.  Mothering from the Inside: Parenting in a Women's Prison
.  2001 HV9471 .E5 2001

Ferraro, Kathleen J., John M. Johnson, Stephen R. Jorgensen, and F. G. Bolton, Jr. “Problems of Prisoners' Families: The Hidden Costs of Imprisonment.”   Journal of Family Issues
; 4:4 (12/1/83): 575-592.

Fishman, Susan Hoffman “Losing a Loved One to Incarceration: The Effect of Imprisonment on Family Members.”   Personnel & Guidance Journal
; 59: 6 (Feb. 1981):372-6.

Gabel, Katherine and Denise Johnston.  Children of Incarcerated Parents. 1995.

Howarth, Glennys and Paul Rock. “Aftermath and the Construction of Victimisation: `The Other Victims of Crime'.” Howard Journal of Criminal Justice
;  39:1 (Feb. 2000): 58-79.

 “It Hurts So Bad: Comparing Grieving Patterns of the Families of Murder Victims with Victims of Crime” King Criminal Justice Policy Review
. 15 (2004): 193-211.

King, Rachel.  Capital Consequences: Families Of The Condemned Tell Their Stories
. 2005

Martin, Jamie S.  Inside Looking out: Jailed Fathers' Perceptions about Separation from Their Children
. 2001.    

Martone, Cynthia.  Loving Through Bars: Children with Parents in Prison
. 2005.

Mazza, Carl.  “And Then the World Fell Apart: The Children of Incarcerated Fathers.” Families in Society
; 83:5/6 (Sep-Dec. 2002):521-530.

Miller, R. Robin, Sandra Lee Browning and Lisa M. Spruance.   “An Introduction and Brief Review of the Impacts of Incarceration
on the African American Family.”   Journal of African American Men; 6:1 (Summer 2001):3-13.

Mumola, Christopher J. Incarcerated Parents and Their Children. 2000. No data.

Nurse, Anne M.  Fatherhood Arrested: Parenting from within the Juvenile Justice System. 2002.

Perkins-Dock, Robin E. and Shaila K. Dewan.  “Family Interventions With Incarcerated Youth: A Review of the Literature.”   
International Journal of Offender Therapy & Comparative Criminology; 45:5 (Oct.  2001): 606-626

Seymour, Cynthia and Creasie Finney Hairston. 
Children With Parents in Prison: Child Welfare Policy, Program, and Practice Issues. 2001. HV8886 .U5 C55 2001

Sharp, S. F. (2005). 
Hidden victims: The effects of the death penalty on families of the accused.  Longleaf Services

‘Showalter, David.  “Marital and Family Counseling in Prisons.  Social Work.  25:3 (Mar. 1980) 224-9.

Stevenson, R. G. & Cox, G. R. (Eds.).  (2007).  Perspectives on violence and violent death.  Baywood Publishing.

Stevens, Margaret.  Families of the Jailed. 2001

Wahidin, A. (2004). Older women in the criminal justice system.  Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Wahidin, A. & Cain, M. (Eds.).  (2006).  Ageing, crime and society.  Portland, OR: Willan.

Weymouth, Toni D.  Outsiders Looking in: How to Keep from Going Crazy When Someone You Love Goes to Jail. 1998.

Wright, Lois M. and Cynthia Seymour.  Working with Children and Families Separated by Incarceration: A Handbook for Child Welfare Agencies
.  2000.

Yaffe, Rebecca M.  When A Parent Goes To Jail : A Comprehensive Guide for Counseling Children of Incarcerated Parents
. 2000.

http://www.centerforce.org/families/support.cfm

http://www.prisonersoflove.com/

http://www3.sympatico.ca/cfcn/cfcneng.html